Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world may be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?